Future Profession

For me, I will not be entering the workforce after I receive my Bachelors Degree. I plan on entering Medical School in the next 4 years. I have the dreams of becoming an Anesthesiologist. Ever since I can remember all i have wanted to do is become a doctor. I know there will be people that will read this saying "doctor yeah right". But its cool I like when people doubt me, it fuels my internal fire and gets me going. The challenge is there but I know I will do it. "brick wall are there for a reason; they show you how bad you want something".

The pitfalls of being an anesthesiologist is that it is a time consuming job. You have to go to school for eight years plus residency. On top of that it is a highly demanding and stressful job. The patent's life is in your hands during the operation. The medical malpractice insurance is extremely expensive. There are pretty much nothing stopping this profession to be available unless robots are created to administer anesthesia. Still, you would need a medical professional to watch the robot to make sure it didn't glitch or brake down. As long as you have sick people needing surgery you will always have a job. With the baby boomers growing older and more unhealthy obese people, there will be a demand for Anesthesiologists. As for job advancements, You can be the head anesthesiologist in the hospital but once you are an anesthesiologist there not much advancement. What can help you get into med school is to volunteer, shadow doctors, and take on leadership roles in the community.

I'm fortunate in a way that I have already made connections in the medical field so early in my life. Last spring when i was in high school the career specialist landed me a chance to shadow Dr. Gubbini. Dr. Gubini is a brilliant Anesthesiologist that graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with internship and residency at Shands. He told me that he "Enjoys his job and cant see himself doing anything else." What I found interesting about him is that he is so laid back in a field that is fulled with stress. There's a lot of schooling involved but he told me "It was well worth it." What I found interesting is that you constantly have to keep up with medical technology but reading and learning about new tools in the field. In this field of work your constantly learning something new and innovation.

Carbon Footprint

I was shocked at first on how big my carbon footprint was at first. I found out that by eating less meat and flying less helped make my carbon footprint smaller. Also I found out by car pooling will help decrease my footprint. At first I was at 4.3 Earths and 21.7 Tons of CO2. After making changes to my lifestyle I now use create 15.9 tons of CO2 and use 3.4 earths. Some changes I cant make like live in a "green" home since i live in a dorm or buy a fuel efficient car. I think if in order to help the planet we need to change our lifestyles.

No Technology

I survived 24 hours without any technology. It was one of the toughest things i have done. It seemed like a detox for people addicted to technology. From this experiences I can see how much I rely on technology in my life and how it was life so much easier. Since i started at night it was that hard to not use technology. I finished a book i was reading then went to bed. When I woke up It was hard not to use the computer to check my facebook. Also what was hard was not watching TV. The TV is something i use to relax. I get my news from the Internet and without it I felt like I was in a box trapt from the outside world. One of the positive things that i was able to do was to get my homework done. Also what i was able to do was find time to go to the gym. It was hard not talking to my friends because I communicate with my phone so eating lunch was kinda lonely. This experience made me realize that the is good things as well as bad thing to technology. I seem to get sucked into the Internet where i will waste an hour just surfing the web. Overall I found this technology detox interesting.

Our Challenege

Blog about that "One Challenge" that you or your family/friends will have to face in the next four years. Whether it is Professional, or Economic, or Cultural, or Political, or Social, or Environmental, I want you to explore that problem and articulate not only how it will affect you, but how it will affect the world around you. Why is this a social/cultural/professional/economic/or environmental injustice? How can we curb this injustice before it comes to the forefront? What can we do as citizens?


One of the most important issues we face as a nation as well as a global community is global warming. There are many ways to help curb this issue. One thing that I would like to implement is alternative energy. Here at USF there is so much opportunity to shift our energy dependence for coal burned electrical plants to solar, wind, and bio fuel. USF is like a small city so anyone that uses these clean energy practices will have a positive effect on the environment. One thing we can do is to start at USF. There is so much potiential here at USF here. One thing i suggest is to impletment a fee of $10.00 a credit hour to each class. the money will be used to build solar panels on the roofs, conver buses to biofuel captabilities.